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Piloting the PQA Specialty Pharmacy Turnaround Time Quality Measure

PQA

The use of specialty medicine has grown rapidly in recent decades, fueling parallel growth in the number of specialty pharmacies that serve patients who are prescribed specialty medications. Results of this work were published in the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy in October 2022.

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NASP 2022 Reveals a Pharmacy Landscape Shifting to Specialty

Omnicell

Kristen Dowd Director, Pharmacy Management Services, Omnicell If the 2022 NASP (National Association of Specialty Pharmacy) Annual Meeting and Expo is any indication, we are approaching a time when specialty pharmacy simply becomes pharmacy – when complex, high-touch biologics become nearly as ubiquitous as their broad-spectrum counterparts.

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APPE Rotation with PQA

PQA

PQA offers a competitive Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiential (APPE) Rotation for pharmacy students, which provides experiential learning opportunities in non-profit association management, medication use quality education, communications, research and performance measurement.

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PQA Welcomes 11 New Members

PQA

Our members include community and specialty pharmacy organizations, pharmacists and other healthcare providers, pharmacies, health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, life sciences, technology vendors, government agencies, health information technology partners, researchers, accrediting organizations and academia.

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PQA Welcomes 11 New Members

PQA

Our members include community and specialty pharmacy organizations, pharmacists and other healthcare providers, pharmacies, health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, life sciences, technology vendors, government agencies, health information technology partners, researchers, accrediting organizations and academia.

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Quality Forum Review: Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS) Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality for 2022

PQA

Thorne explained that these results show two trends with opposing effects: After COVID-19, more patients received vaccines and testing at pharmacies, which may have increased patient comfort with pharmacists and provided them with a good experience. The answers represented a staff-based perspective and a willingness and readiness perspective.

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Can you work while in Medical School? The Physician Pharmacist Do's and Don'ts

The Physician Pharmacist

These are just two particular examples that I can recommend from personal experience, but I am confident that there are plenty of other fortuitous positions available in other pharmacy industries. Look into specialty pharmacy sites, a position as a hospital checker, or even something related to managed care.